by Alicia | Jul 20, 2025 | Art Writing, Hyperallergic, News, Selfie Column, Technology Journalism, Writing
It’s been a decade since selfies took over the internet. While it’s clear that they’re here to stay, the way we take and post them has drastically shifted. I thought my days of writing about selfies were over. My book The Selfie Generation (2017) had done its job: It...
by Alicia | Jul 13, 2023 | Hyperallergic, Writing
Bad Press follows a Muscogee publication’s struggle against local government censorship and corruption. The new documentary Bad Press (2023) takes a deep dive into the trials and tribulations of freedom of press laws for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma...
by Alicia | Feb 15, 2023 | Hyperallergic, Writing
A new documentary investigates the racist origins of the Stone Mountain monument near Atlanta, Georgia — the Mount Rushmore of white supremacy. You’ve heard of Mount Rushmore, but do you know of Stone Mountain? If you answered no, here’s a fun fact: Though they lost...
by Alicia | Jan 31, 2023 | Hyperallergic, Journalism & Criticism, Writing
I reviewed Jillian Hernandez’s stellar book Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment for Hyperallergic. Author Jillian Hernandez theorizes the intersecting formations of gender, class, and race in relation to the...
by Alicia | May 2, 2022 | Hyperallergic, Writing
What Makes Medieval Art So Meme-able? All over Instagram, medieval imagery has been remixed, captioned, and somehow reads as peak hilarious, depending on your sense of humor. Medieval imagery wasn’t meant to be funny when it was made hundreds of years ago, but all...
by Alicia | Jun 14, 2021 | Collaborative Essays, Culture Essays, Hyperallergic, Writing
The coronavirus pandemic isn’t over, but on social media it might feel like it is. In the United States, the happy, smiling faces of recently vaccinated friends and family members offer a slice of hope, but the vaccine selfie can elicit a mix of reactions. It’s...
